THE TEAMTravis Gates is the operations manager of Above All Sanitation, a portable restroom and septic service company in Eugene, Oregon, owned...
Entries Tagged Vandalism
Editorial
New PROs Share Their Portable Sanitation Hopes and Dreams
All successful PROs displayed their entrepreneurial spirit when they bought that first load of restrooms and a vacuum truck and got to...
Editorial
So They Burned Down Your Restroom Again?
Racking my brain to come up with an important column topic to start the 2020s off right, I was reviewing a recent...
Online Exclusives
Restroom Reports: October 2019
With the mixed bag of portable restroom-related incidences in the Portable Restroom Operator inbox this month, it seemed fitting to round up...
Online Exclusives
7 Articles to Help Wipe Out Portable Restroom Vandalism
Clean units are important to a successful portable restroom business, but keeping them from being targeted by vandals can be tough. Arson...
Editorial
Another Portable Restroom Burned to the Ground?
It seems like every day I review my Google Alerts to find a news report on firefighters responding to a blaze originating...
Editorial
Gain Respect for the Industry Through ‘Learning by Doing’ Experiences
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Ben Franklin
Any adult who has ever...
Online Exclusives
Preventing Portable Restroom Arson
If you’ve been in the portable sanitation industry for any length of time, you know that arson is a real problem. Maybe...
Editorial
Stop the Complaints and Vandalism Associated With Park Restrooms
Boat landings, beaches and remote public recreational sites are areas where portable sanitation needs are critical, yet placing restrooms in these areas...
Editorial
Plain Senseless ... and Costly to PROs
I’ve been reminded a lot lately about something that can eat away insidiously at a portable restroom operator’s bottom line. No, it’s...
Blogs
Young Restroom Vandals Make Amends
A story about teenagers vandalizing a restroom probably isn’t rare, but the outcome of this story definitely is. Two young boys were...
Blogs
Did the Toilet Torcher Strike Again?
On Jan. 1, officers in San Francisco were called to the scene of yet another portable restroom fire.Some of you may have...
Blogs
Fire: 4 tips to protect your business
A fire that destroyed about 350 portable restrooms at a United Site Services facility in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday is under...
Online Exclusives
Revisiting Restroom Vandalism
Recent reports reaching from Connecticut to California — and likely places in between as well — have noted that some portable restroom...



















